Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy on Wednesday apologized for offending anyone with his comments that pitchers such as Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka shouldn't be allowed translators on the mound and should instead "learn baseball language."

"I sincerely apologize to those who were offended by my comments during the telecast last night," Remy tweeted.

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I sincerely apologize to those who were offended by my comments during the telecast last night.

"Learn baseball language. You know, learn, it's pretty simple. You break it down pretty easy between pitching coach and pitcher after a long period of time," Remy said.

O'Brien answered: "I would say that probably, you know, they're concerned about nuance being lost in some of these conversations."

As he left the broadcast booth after Boston's 5-4 win, Remy said he had nothing more to say on the subject.

"I've got no comment on that. Really," he said.

A popular Red Sox announcer since 1988, Remy also was a Boston infielder for seven seasons and is a member of the team's Hall of Fame.

In 2013, Major League Baseball adopted a rule that permitted interpreters to join mound conferences.

Remy's comments came the same day Phillies Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt said Philadelphia outfielder Odubel Herrera's language barrier "would make it difficult" for him to be a team leader. Herrera is from Venezuela and conducts his interviews with English-speaking media in Spanish, through a translator.

Statement from NESN:

"Relative to last night's NESN telecast from New York, NESN does not agree with any such views expressed by Jerry Remy and we know from talking to Jerry that he regrets making them. The network sincerely apologizes to anyone who was offended by Jerry’s comments."